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In the spring, the government announced that, instead of participating in a lawsuit against social media companies, it would meet with executives at the companies instead.

Documents written for Ontario’s education minister admit a moratorium on closing schools is stretching the already thin budgets boards have to manage to breaking point. 

Ontario's education minister is reminding Ontarians of the upcoming cellphone ban in classrooms and warns of disciplinary measures, including being sent to the principal's office.

Several colleges have announced massive changes and suspended programs, blaming the moves on the reduction in international students, which they relied heavily upon for funding.

Documents prepared to brief the education minister predict a growing population and retirements will lead to a growing gap between the number of teachers and students in Ontario.

Ontario is proposing to increase transparency and accountability around staffing agencies, as hospitals and long-term care homes spend about $1 billion a year to fill shifts.

Ontario’s education minister has asked for an investigation into a Toronto field trip that saw students involved with a downtown protest.

The timeline for opening a permanent Ontario Science Centre appears to have been delayed, with infrastructure officials saying the centre is expected to be up and running in 2029.

A 50 per cent expansion of the emergency department at Southwestern Ontario’s largest children’s hospital is going a long way in combating the demand for service, staff say.

Ontario's fiscal watchdog says it would cost $31.4 billion over 10 years to clear a backlog of school repair needs and maintain all schools in a state of good repair.

The officials say Ottawa will be chipping in $108.5 million over the next three years to Ontario’s existing Student Nutrition Program and First Nations Student Nutrition Program.

Ontario is urging Ottawat to amend proposed electricity regulations after an analysis by the province's system operator found the rules would cost $35 billion more by 2050.

A social services agency that operates a supervised consumption site in Toronto has filed a legal challenge against recently passed legislation that will shut down several sites.

Auditor General Shelley Spence found as part of her annual report that, in the fiscal year ending at the end of March, the province spent a total of $104.6 million on advertising. 

Ontario failed to meet its own target this past year for the average number of hands-on hours of care that long-term care residents receive, a newly updated document shows.

Ontario long-term care homes could soon have nurse practitioners overseeing residents' medical care instead of physicians, a move applauded by some but not supported by doctors.

Just days after the party held a late-summer caucus retreat, chiefs of staff in the Ford government received an email outlining the expectation for a donations blitz.

For weeks, school boards have been under intense scrutiny after overseas trips and an excursion to a Toronto Blue Jays game were charged to taxpayers.

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization announced its decision, saying the people of Ignace and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation have demonstrated their willingness to move forward.

B.C.'s latest fiscal update forecasts an $8.9 billion deficit for 2024, the province's largest ever and something the Business Council of B.C. says is unsustainable.